The Blau River is famous for its enormous hatch of mayflies. For some years already I had this river on my “bucket list”, but only this year I eventually managed to give it a try. The Blau can be tricky, as the fish have seen […]
Someday last winter, two of my friends from Switzerland had come up with the idea to visit and fish Southern Germany in april. At that time of the year, many of the Swiss mountain streams are not yet fishable due to snowmelt… and of course […]
Preparations We had been looking forward to this trip for weeks: our first fishing-trip to (sub)tropic shores, with warm weather, strong fish and turquoise water… we were heading to the province Dhofar in Southern Oman. Somehow, this trip felt like a long-awaited return, as we […]
Flyfishing for asp The asp is one of the most ferocious fighters of our South German rivers. Its power and its shape have some resemblance to the tarpon. And although it surely cannot compete with this big game fish, it is great fun fishing for […]
This pattern, devolopped by Hans Van Klinken, is another one of those patterns that work under almost every condition! Its body lies deep in the water, and this seems to attract even the most wary fish. I exchanged the original white wing for an orange […]
Here is another mayfly pattern, that I tie and use regularly. Its body is made of foam, which makes it almost unsinkable… and it catches fish! I caught some of my biggest dryfly browns on this pattern. Here is what you need: Hook Partridge Klinkhamer […]
Every mayfly season there comes a time, when the trouts are so fed up with mayflies, that they ignore even a good evening hatch… other insects become more interesting to the fish… for whatever reason, maybe they simply want some else to taste. Time to […]
The “Halblech” is a small, rather unknown, mountain stream in Southern Bavaria, close to the famous castle of “Neuschwanstein”. Last week I had the opportunity to fish this stream during a family holiday in the area. Here is my report: The license can be bought […]
Mit meinem Freund Nicola von den trouthunters.ch war ich kürzlich an der Donau in Rechtenstein. Seit zwei Jahren war ich nicht mehr dort, ich hatte diese Strecke in guter Erinnerung, mit einem ordentlichen Bestand an Forellen, Barben und sogar Äschen. Der Angeltag verlief aber eher […]
Der Tag an der Sava Bohinjka ist mit absoluter Sicherheit unter den Top 3 meiner schönsten Angelerlebnisse jemals! Schon immer träume ich von Slowenien, von den türkisfarbenen Flüssen, den herrlichen Bergen, Seen und Wäldern… und obwohl ich seit mehr als 15 Jahren vor habe, dort […]